27 Actors Who Were Supposed To Be Hollywood's Next Big Star, But Faded Away Instead

Recently, Reddit idiosyncratic CreepyYogurtcloset39 posed the question, "Who was expected to beryllium Hollywood’s adjacent large prima but faded away?" to the radical of r/moviecritic. Here are their apical responses:

1. "Carl Weathers should person been what Sly and Arnold were. He oozed charisma and had an astonishing beingness connected the large screen."

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—Bubzszs

"Carl was truthful bully they specifically formed him successful Predator to mentor Arnold successful his archetypal existent acting relation (the Conan worldly required nary acting)"

—PrimalNumber

2. "Michael Biehn. To beryllium fair, not galore actors person specified an iconic resume — Aliens, The Terminator, The Abyss, Tombstone, Navy Seals, The Rock. Not lone are they each large films, he’s large successful them."

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—ohnofluffy

"I didn't cognize overmuch astir Michael Biehn but I def retrieve him arsenic Johnny Ringo. His Wiki leafage says: James Cameron suggested that 'what held Michael backmost was that helium didn't similar playing the Hollywood crippled — schmoozing radical and each that. For him it was each astir the work.' Biehn has ne'er hired a publicist and was reportedly ne'er funny successful the 'fame facet of the business, adjacent though his cause — and Cameron — some believed helium had what it took to beryllium a large star.' I similar this mentation of wherefore helium didn't go a 'superstar.'"

—CriscoMelon

3. "Stuart Townsend. He was replaced by Viggo Mortensen successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy."

4. "Biggest prima that ne'er became a star? I'd accidental Aaron Eckhart. The feline has it all, conscionable ne'er became a large headliner."

5. "Hayden Christensen. He co-starred successful Life is simply a House with Kevin Kline years ago, but that's benignant of it (other than playing Anakin again successful the Obi-Wan Kenobi show). He really tin act, but helium was conscionable ne'er going to flight that role."

6. "Mickey Rourke had immense talent, but his off-screen antics overshadowed his performances."

7. "Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Bro was rolling disconnected The Tudors and an acclaimed show successful Match Point. Then addiction got him, and present he's doing B-movies with Bruce Willis and John Travolta."

8. "Casper van Dien. He didn't request to bash thing else. He peaked with Starship Troopers and has ne'er travel disconnected that throne."

9. "Chris O’Donnell. I retrieve helium did Scent of a Woman, The Three Musketeers, and Batman Forever, and reasoning helium was going to beryllium huge."

10. "Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, he’s got it each but ne'er truly launched into stardom aft Game of Thrones."

11. "Taylor Kitsch. I mean, don’t get maine wrong, helium has a precise respectable vocation and is simply a talented actor. I conscionable mean that his vocation hasn’t lived up to the aboriginal commercialized hype astir him, blasted for which I don’t property to the actors themselves."

12. "Skeet Ulrich. He was truthful bully successful Scream. Like hybrid Johnny Depp/Jack Nicolson, that is good. Then nothing..."

13. "I similar Anna Farris, and I consciousness similar she ne'er got a big-time changeable astatine her moments due to the fact that of her engagement with the Scary Movie series. She's successful a batch of B movies, and they're okay, but the penning is atrocious successful astir of them since she's formed arsenic the ditzy blonde successful 99% of things she was in."

14. "Shia LaBeouf. I mean, helium did Disturbia and past the Transformers movie, which I perfectly loved — that movie made maine consciousness similar a kid again for a fewer hours. Then Spielberg made him Indy’s lad and hinted astatine a aboriginal with him successful that role. And past helium faded away, I cognize helium had issues, but truthful galore were capable to travel back. Wonder what was antithetic astir him."

15. "Sam Worthington. He’s acceptable for beingness with his Avatar gigs. But backmost successful 2009, people, particularly radical successful Australia, were expecting him to go the adjacent Heath Ledger."

16. "Rutger Hauer. He’s my fave; I emotion his movies, adjacent the cheesiest of them, but aft Blade Runner, it seemed similar he’d beryllium 1 to ticker retired for but ended up fading into cult status."

17. "Deep chopped from the women’s side: Alison Lohman. Big Fish and Matchstick Men successful the aforesaid year. She was truthful bully successful both."

18. "Nick Stahl comes to mind. I’m inactive salty astir Carnivale’s cancellation."

19. "Jason Patric. Although, let's beryllium honest, Speed 2 was ne'er going to motorboat him... I mean, it's benignant of hard to travel Keanu successful a franchise, and adjacent much truthful erstwhile the movie is conscionable plain awful."

20. "Bruce Campbell. Ash vs Evil Dead is hands down a hidden gem of a amusement and Bruce gets to spell afloat ham successful it arsenic Ash. I privation it had been much popular."

21. "Ron Livingston had specified a large changeable aft Office Space, but helium kinda faded backmost into obscurity."

22. "Dougray Scott. Was primitively formed arsenic Wolverine, but helium was filming Mission: Impossible 2, and filming ran long. So helium had to backmost retired of X-Men."

23. "Gretchen Mol. She had a 'New IT Girl' Vanity Fair screen and did a fewer things present and there, but she didn't privation to play the game. Apparently, she refused to question distant from NYC due to the fact that of her young kids, etc. She said successful Cookie Magazine, 'I told my cause I didn't privation to enactment successful L.A., adjacent if it was the top occupation successful the world. I didn't privation to compromise.' You gotta onslaught portion the robust is hot. I was blessed to spot her successful Broadwalk Empire and Yellowstone, though."

24. "Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I americium 100% inactive waiting for a Robin movie!"

25. "David Duchovny. He didn't slice distant aft leaving the X-Files, but each manufacture rag predicted he'd beryllium the adjacent Hollywood starring antheral pursuing his departure. He evidently recovered occurrence successful TV again, and he's had a fewer movie roles, including Return to Me with Minnie Driver, which I truly liked. His vocation isn't a failure, but he's not the 'George Clooney Version 2' galore were expecting."

26. "Edward Furlong. Typical kid histrion story. I deliberation Cameron had much to bash with Furlong's occurrence successful T2 than Eddie himself did, and helium astir apt wasn't playing a relation that was profoundly antithetic from himself, truthful helium didn't request to bash a batch of existent quality work."

27. Finally, "Djimon Hounsou. LOVE HIM! I decidedly deliberation this is simply a lawsuit of Hollywood not penning absorbing and compelling roles for an histrion similar him. Hollywood has a precise constrictive presumption of Black actors (which is anserine and shameful and hopefully thing audiences tin change), and he’s not a Will Smith oregon Denzel Washington-type."

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Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.